servus poenae

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

servus (“slave”) + genitive singular poena (“punishment”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.u̯us ˈpoe̯.nae̯/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.vus ˈpe.ne/,

Noun

servus poenae m (genitive servī poenae); second declension

penal slave, a man sentenced to slavery for a crime

Declension

Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	servus poenae	servī poenae
genitive	servī poenae	servōrum poenae
dative	servō poenae	servīs poenae
accusative	servum poenae	servōs poenae
ablative	servō poenae	servīs poenae
vocative	serve poenae	servī poenae

Related terms

References

“servus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
SERVI POENAE in Rodriguez, Junius P., ed. The historical encyclopedia of world slavery. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO, 1997, 577.

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